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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Congratulations to your fellow writers for winning a contest, getting published, launching a business, and getting signed with an agent!

Hi, Brian.

I’m thrilled to tell you
that a story I wrote in your creative writing class has won first place in the Screamin Mamas Valentine’s Day contest. “You
Can’t Keep a Good Many Down” will be published in their magazine in February
2017.

Thanks for all your help
and support.

From one screamin mama,

Sharlene (Arnold) Walker

Yay, Sharlene!

Note: A new set of weekly classes start soon, with courses
suitable for everyone from novices to advanced writers. Check out all six
classes here.

Hi, Brian.

It's great
news. I've been published on Shotgun Honey! It's a flash fiction site that publishes crime fiction.

The story
they published is called "Burnt Skin 'n What Not," by Brookelynn Berry. Read it here.

My daughter Olivia
thoroughly enjoyed your How
to get published workshop, so much so that she sent her query letter to the Rights
Factory kid lit agent (Ali McDonald), and now Olivia is officially signed with
The Rights Factory. She is thrilled and I wanted to personally thank you since
you were the first non-family member to encourage her writing.

Hope you have a
wonderful Christmas.

Wendy

Congrats to Olivia, who
will finish high school this year and, who knows, maybe get her first book
deal!

Note: I have a couple How
to get published workshops coming up soon: on Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in Toronto with Stacey Donaghy of the
Donaghy agency (see here) and on Saturday, April 22, in Midland, again with Stacey Donaghy (see here).

And I have a few Writing
Kid LitSaturday workshops and
a weekly course coming up: on
Saturday, May 13, in Caledon at the Bolton Library with Yasemin Uçar, senior
Editor at Kids Can Press (details to come), on Saturday, May 27, in St.
Catharines with Anne Shone, senior editor at Scholastic Books (see here), and a weekly Kid Lit class, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, in Mississauga (details here).

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.